My mum once told me she thinks Sam and I are a great team. That means the world to me. As I get older, I’ve come to appreciate the real luxuries in life: health and a quiet mind. That peace is especially precious now because work has really ramped up. I didn’t expect this career momentum at this stage, but I’m so grateful. Listeners often message me to say it’s great to see someone being celebrated later in their career, and that means a lot.
Right now, I’m writing this from our living room. Sam’s quietly ironing, using a lint roller on some trousers, and I am completely content. He lives for the everyday – the pottering about, sending back online shopping from our local village, and all the little domestic rituals. And I love that.
Scott and Sam at their wedding day. Since they got married, ‘finding time together has been harder’, says Scott (Photo: Lara Onac)
I had post-wedding blues, not because of what was ahead, but because the day itself was that good. Somebody said to me, which always sticks with me, “Oh, the day itself is so manic, you won’t really enjoy it”. I honestly had a ball. I walked my mum down the aisle, and despite her MS, she managed to walk. The whole day was such a display of love that I’d never experienced, it was just perfect. Calvin Harris said it was the best wedding he’s been to – and I went to his, which was really good!
He plans weekends for us, sometimes quietly blocking them in my diary months in advance because he knows if he doesn’t, I’ll fill them with work. He thinks of us. Which is why I knew early on that he was someone special.
With the new breakfast show, we’ve had to adjust. I’m in bed by 9pm, religiously taking my vitamins. We had a conversation early on about how life-changing this job would be. I told him it wouldn’t be easy. He just said, “I’m so proud of you -and it’ll all be OK”. And it is.
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Even our disagreements are mundane. Like the time I ordered 2,000 of the wrong dog poo bags – they were too thin. Sam calmly packed them up and took them back to the Post Office (which is basically his happy place).
But then I’ll come home to Sam. And I know he’s there. He’s constant. Loyal. Quietly caring. It took a while to understand him – he’s a slow burner. But once you do understand him, you find someone deeply kind and thoughtful.
Today’s plan? According to the shared diary: Sam irons, Scott gets car cleaned, big shop, Sam makes food, Scott walks Teddy. That’s it. That’s the life I want. It’s ordinary. It’s ours. And I love it.
This week I have been…
Watching… Titanique at the Criterion Theatre. It’s a show that started on Broadway, came to London, and, it’s a musical that combines the blockbuster film Titanic with the music of Celine Dion. And it’s, I think, the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen on a stage live. So the story is Celine takes on a tour of the Titanic Museum, claiming that she was there on the ship on that fateful day and survived. And it is absolute camp chaos – so many great cultural references which are so funny.
The show kind of knows it’s corny. It’s just right up my street. It’s so, so good. As soon as I went to see it (I’ve been twice now) I direct messaged the girl that plays Celine, Lauren Drew, and just said how fantastic I thought she was. She’s obviously studied all of Celine’s old mannerisms, you know, in the old concerts and videos that you see – the air punch the facial expressions. Turns out she’s from Port Talbot in South Wales, which she reveals at the end of the show. She is a standout, phenomenal. Layton Williams plays the iceberg, which later gets reborn as Tina Turner, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. So good.
Visiting… The Paddington Experience. I find myself going to things that I wouldn’t go to because of family – my extended family – now that I’m married. Sam has a three-year-old nephew Fred. I have to admit, I’ve never seen or read Paddington, I’ve not even seen the films. All I know is that he’s a bear, I know what he looks like, and I know that he likes marmalade sandwiches, the end.
But Paddington is Fred’s absolute favourite, which is how I found myself on “The Paddington Experience” courtesy of Sam. Fred’s mind was blown. You start by getting on a train, which doesn’t actually move, and then you’re told by Paddington himself that you’re off to where Paddington lives – and his little face lit up – what better endorsement than that? I’m very lucky. I get on so well with Sam’s family. And I’m very lucky that I get to be able to take them to these things.
Reading… The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. Not that I feel I need self-help, but I’ve just been trying to be a bit more mindful because of the early hours, and like to listen to things that aren’t about what I do, to kind of broaden my mind a little bit.
I saw all these clips of Mel Robbins on social media all the time, because I’m a person that doesn’t like confrontation. It kind of spoke to me, and it’s very American. And basically the Let Them theory is, let people show you who they really are. If you’re like me, and you spend a lot of emotional energy getting worked up over things you can’t control, which I do, just let them, if people think you’re crap on the radio, let them. All very well and good. Mel, but I’ll be honest, I haven’t mastered it yet!
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